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Rajiv Shah Named to Rockefeller Foundation Board
Rajiv Shah, the former director of the United States Agency for International Development, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at the Rockefeller Foundation. “It’s an honor to have been asked...
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Swami Visiting U.S. to Raise Funds for $80 Million Temple of Equality
Chinna Jeeyar Swamiji, a follower of millennium-old saint Bhagawad Ramanujanacharya Swami, is in the United States on an extended visit to raise funds for an ambitious project and architectural...
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Alaska Man Convicted on Child Exploitation Charges
An Alaska businessman was convicted March 23 on two charges in a case centered on multiple trips to Cambodia, where he engaged in sexual activities with young girls and recorded them. Jason Jayavarman...
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Massachusetts Man Arrested for Working Out Naked
A Massachusetts man who was exercising naked in plain view of the street was arrested March 24 for indecent exposure. Kaushikkumar Patel, 58, a retired Taunton schools employee, allegedly was caught...
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No Charges to be Filed Against Restaurateur Accused of Enslaving Employee
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against a restaurateur arrested on suspicion of forcing an employee to work without pay for three years and physically...
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Pharmacist Sentenced for Multimillion Dollar Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
An Indian-American pharmacist in New York was sentenced March 26, to three years in prison and hefty fines for a massive Medicaid and Medicare fraud, selling ill-gotten prescription drugs over a...
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President Obama Honors Two South Asian-American Science, Math Teachers
President Obama today named fourteen individuals and one organization as the newest recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. In the list...
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Alabama policeman recorded throwing Indian man to ground indicted
A U.S. federal grand jury has indicted an Alabama police officer captured on video throwing an Indian man to the ground on a charge related to the use of unreasonable force, federal prosecutors said...
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India’s fans watch a live TV broadcast of their Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Australia, inside a barber shop in New Delhi March 26.
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Wanted my statement to be India’s: Miss India World
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Aditi Arya, the proud winner of this year’s Femina Miss India World crown, says she always wanted to represent India on an international platform and that inspired her to...
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Australian players celebrate after defeating New Zealand in their Cricket World Cup final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, March 29. The post appeared first on News India Times.
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New York prosecutor Bharara savors role as sheriff of the world
NEW YORK — Preet Bharara’s office is not anyplace a guilty person wants to be, so you search your conscience and wipe your sweaty forehead before entering. The most powerful prosecutor in the country,...
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Indian Institutes of Management Alumni Hold Annual Convention
Alumni from Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) held their annual convention here at Ashyana Banquets, March 14, 2015. Organized by IIM Americas, an umbrella entity uniting all North American alumni...
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State’s Attorney Visits Gurdwara to Promote Anti-Hate Crime Initiative
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez visited the Sikh Religious Society (SRS) here March 22 to showcase her “Hate Crimes Advisory and Prosecutions Council” (HCAPC) initiative. Her aim is to...
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Mandi Theater Stages Media Preview of “Flying Hammock”
CHICAGO Mandi Theatre Group, recently formed by six-to-eight like-minded local enthusiasts to produce authentic Hindi plays in the Midwest, staged a media preview of their maiden attempt, a 35-minute...
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Changing Islam from within
The ferment we see in the Muslim world today is not solely due to despotic political systems, and it is not solely due to failing economies and the poverty they breed. Rather, it is also due largely...
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India’s boardroom diversity drive has weird result
India’s effort to break the old boys’ club is producing bizarre outcomes. Tycoons have responded to a requirement that they have at least one female board member by April 1 by appointing their wives...
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Desis Continue to Join Garcia’s Rainbow Coalition for Mayor
CHICAGO More than 150 staunch supporters representing a cross-section of community and business leaders gathered at Holiday Inn by O’Hare airport, March 28, with the shared objective getting Jesus...
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Pakistan to join Saudi coalition against Yemen rebels
(Reuters) – Pakistan will send troops to Saudi Arabia to give military support to a coalition of mainly Gulf states fighting Yemeni Houthi rebels, a senior government official said on Monday. Largely...
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Children Enact Christ’s Passion to Promote Peace
CHICAGO To promote global peace and harmony, Indo-American Christian Children of Chicago and North America (IACC) enacted the universal message of seven words of Christ on the Cross in their 30th live...
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